Monthly meetings of the Forum are held at a rotating roster of conference facilities offered by supportive agencies and organizations located throughout the area. These educational sessions present speakers who have expertise or experience to share on land/water sustainability issues, and many of the speakers come from the constituencies that make up the Forum. In-depth multi-day events, with speakers and workshop leaders from across the country are also a part of the annual slate of programming. These non-commercial meetings are a highlight on the schedules of those who own, develop, design, build, regulate and permit development throughout the greater Houston area.
A Steering Committee, made up of respected individuals representing a cross-section of constituent groups, is charged with developing compelling topics and speakers for Forum programs. Steering Committee members and the organizations currently represented on the Steering Committee are listed below.
MEMBERS
Alisa Max, PE
General Services Division Manager
Harris County Engineering Department
Ashley Francis, PE, CFM
Project Manager, LJA Engineering
Representing American Society of Civil Engineers, Houston Branch
Catherine Elliott
Manager, Stormwater Quality Department
Environmental Services Division
Harris County Flood Control District
Charles Penland, LEED® AP
Senior Principal, Walter P. Moore & Associates
Representing American Council of Engineering Companies, Houston
David Batts, LEED® AP
Director, System Solutions, Construction EcoServices
Representing North Texas and Central Texas, Land/Water Sustainability Forums
Ethan Beeson, ASLA, ISA
Landscape Architect
Hermann Park Conservancy
Janet Wagner
Principal, J.K. Wagner & Company, Inc.
Representing Bayou Preservation Association
John Blount, PE
Director, Architecture & Engineering Division
Public Infrastructure Department, Harris County
Justin Ring, PE
Principal, Odyssey Engineering
Representing Association of Water Board Directors Texas
Kathleen English, AIA, LEED® AP BD+C
Principal, English + Associates
Representing American Institute of Architects, Houston
Kimberly Terrell
Parks Development Manager
Parks & Recreation Department, City of Sugar Land
Margaret Robinson, ASLA, LEED® AP
Principal, Asakura Robinson Company
Representing, American Society of Landscape Architects, Gulf Coast Section
Mark Loethan, PE, PTOE, CFM
Deputy Director, Planning and Development Services
Public Works & Engineering Department, City of Houston
Michael Bloom, PE, CFM, ENVSP, BCEE
Manager, Sustainability Practice, R.G. Miller Engineers, Inc.
Representing Water Environment Association of Texas
Nick Russo
Team Leader, Environmental Services
Public Infrastructure Department, Harris County
Robert Rayburn, ASLA, LEED® AP, ISA
Senior Project Manager, Energy Corridor District
Representing Energy Corridor District
Steve Albert, PE, CFM
Group Leader, Sherwood Engineers
Representing American Society of Civil Engineers, Houston
Steve Stelzer, AIA, LEED® AP
Program Director, Green Building Resource Center, City of Houston
Representing US Green Building Council, Houston Area Chapter
Teague Harris III, PE
Senior Vice President, IDS Engineering Group
Representing Greater Houston Builders Association
Truman Edminster, PE
Principal, EHRA, Inc
Representing American Council of Engineering Companies, Houston
ALTERNATE MEMBERS
Alem Gabriel, PhD, PE
Project Manager, Planning Department
Harris County Flood Control District
Bryan Janhsen
Project Manager, Knudson, LP
Representing American Society of Landscape Architects, Gulf Coast Section
Robert Valenzuela, PE, CFM
Assistant City Engineer, Engineering Department
City of Sugar Land
Scott McDonald
Water Quality Section Manager, Plan Review & Permitting
Public Infrastructure Department, Harris County
STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR
Robert Adair
President, Construction EcoServices
Representing South Central Chapter, International Erosion Control Association